Not to brag or anything, but here at WGACA, we have some pretty awesome friends. And we also have an extreme case of (maybe spiked Egg Nog-induced) holiday spirit. The solution? An all-things-holiday chit-chat with some massively cool editors, DJs, musicians, oh my! From Kelly Cutrone to DJ Mia Moretti, check out who made our list (and sure, check it twice!) to learn who (and how many) will claim to be hitting the yoga mats hardcore in 2011, and for everyone's fa-la-la-la-la-bulous favorite holiday tunes. Britt Aboutaleb - Elle.com editor New Year's Resolution: To learn how to cook. All I Want for Christmas is: a vintage Schwinn. And lots of cashmere sweaters. Favorite Holiday Song: Baby It’s Cold Outside — at the moment the Glee version, but always the Dean Martin version. Paul Francis Avarali - Fashion Market Editor of DETAILS Magazine New Year's Resolution: Hydrate more. All I Want for Christmas is: I'm a sucker for a good notebook and pen. Favorite Holiday Song: the new classics from N'Sync, Britney and Mariah. (Duh) Zandile Blay - Fashion Editor of Essence.com, writer of theblayreport.com New Year's Resolution: Get the longest weave. Ever. In 2011. All I Want for Christmas is: The Chanel 2.5 Quilted Bag. Jumbo. Gray. And world peace of course. Favorite Holiday Song: Any holiday song by Mariah Carey. Mariah singing about Baby Jesus is nothing short of divine. Yale Breslin - Fashion Writer New Year's Resolution: To have more patience. Never going to happen actually. Why do I kid myself year after year after year? All I Want for Christmas is: "YMB" monogrammed EVERYTHING. Oh, I celebrate Hanukkah. Please revise question. And endless bowls of Veselka soup. Favorite Holiday Song: No Scrubs by TLC. Bebe Buell - Musician, '70s rock royalty, mother to Liv Tyler New Year's Resolution: To keep working hard and staying spiritually elevated. All I Want for Christmas is: My family all around the tree together. Favorite Holiday Song: White Christmas. Kelly Cutrone - CEO of People's Revolution, Author, Reality TV Star New Year's Resolution: Cardio. All I Want for Christmas is: Equality and Abundance for all of humanity. Favorite Holiday Song: Baby It's Cold Outside by Dean Martin. Peter Davis - Editor at Large of PAPER Magazine New Year's Resolution: To spend less money at Dylan's Candy Bar. I swear I pay that girl's rent. Must substitute gummy bears for grapefruit as breakfast food. All I Want for Christmas is: Banksy to come spray paint my walls while I sleep. Favorite Holiday Song: The Waitresses Christmas Wrapping - vintage new wave + Xmas = Fun. Becka Diamond - DJ, Downtown Darling New Year's Resolution: To be as creative as possible everyday and travel! All I Want for Christmas is: to take a day off! And maybe something from Agent Provocateur. Favorite Holiday Song: Anything by Nat King Cole. Piera Gelardi - Creative Director of Refinery 29 New Year's Resolution: When I found last year's resolution list a month ago I cried! So this year, my friend suggested I approach it more like a 'bucket list.' So with that in mind, my resolutions are to go to Japan, dance whenever possible, eat good food, spend lots of time with friends and family, and remember that life is short and love is long. All I Want for Christmas is: Good times... and a Panasonix Lumix DMC-GF1 camera to capture them on. Favorite Holiday Song: Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. (My not-so-secret guilty pleasure!) Jackie Karas - WGACA PR Girl New Year's Resolution: To stay a BrideChilla and not become a 'Zilla as my big day approaches. All I Want(ed) for Christmas Hanukkah is was: To adopt a dog! Alas, my fiance would not allow another puppy - so hopefully someone reading this will be inspired and offer a loving home. Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bell Rock, Home Alone style, always in style. Greg Krelenstein - DJ (The Misshapes), Editorial Director of Starworks New Year's Resolution: I don't ever make resolutions. I don't like to hold myself to any grand statements I likely won't keep. All I Want for Christmas is: to hear new music from Gaga and Britney NOW! Favorite Holiday Song: All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah...obviously! Blue Logan - Artist New Year's Resolution: I must stop repeatedly opening the fridge and staring at the shelves when I know they are bare save a pot of jam and maybe actually cook for once.... Who am I kidding! All I Want for Christmas is: a happy family. Favorite Holiday Song: I just found one called Back Door Santa. Lol. It's by Clarence Carter and it's actually brilliant. My new fav! Gerard Maione - WGACA Creative Director and Co-Founder New Year's Resolution: To begin an exercise routine that will actually work for my hectic lifestyle. All I Want for Christmas is: Gifts cards to get what I want! Like buying vinyl records, going to the movies and just shopping around. Favorite Holiday Song: Frank Sinatra's I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. Taryn Manning - Actress, Musician New Year's Resolution: Organizing my clothes, shoes, everything! And donating everything I don't need! More Yoga, less pizza. All I Want for Christmas is: a cadillac. Favorite Holiday Song: A song I did with Butch Walker called Christmas All Over Again. Mia Moretti - International DJ New Year's Resolution: Get a new weave. All I Want for Christmas is: for all my friends and loved ones to be happy. Favorite Holiday Song: Sea Sex Sun - Serge Gainsburg. Prince Peter - Designer, DJ New Year's Resolution: Heal the world. Make it a better place. All I Want for Christmas is: a new name. PRINCEPETERCOLLECTION is over as I sue my yuppie biz partner for theft of my name and money. Until next year kids, the Prince shall return. Lol. Favorite Holiday Song: David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy. Hannah Rad - Music Blogger, SheenaBeaston.com New Year's Resolution: Work on my aggressive impatience. Also, buy more black combat boots. All I Want for Christmas is: people to learn proper phone and text etiquette, safety pins, a cute laptop bag and a puppy. Favorite Holiday Song: I loathe every Xmas song ever made. All of them. But if I must, Don Ho's Mele Kalikimaka. Ho ho Hawaii! Steven Rojas - Social Media Guru of GRANDLIFE, DJ New Year's Resolution: to read more, run more, snowboard more, rock climb more, learn how to ice climb and cross country ski. All I Want for Christmas is: For people to give back. In 2008, my mother was diagnosed with a systematic chronic autoimmune disease called Scleroderma. This rare disease has no cure which is why I plan on devoting my time to helping my mother and those who have been unfortunate enough to get this. With the proper funding and care we may be able to advance treatment and possibly one day wipe this horrible life ending disease from ever hurting someone else. Favorite Holiday Song: GrandLife DJ Ted Gushue's 2010 Christmas Holiday Mix. Elizabeth Spiridakis - Fashion Blogger, feelslikewhitelightning.com New Year's Resolution: I don't have one; is that awful? I never keep them or remember them and who needs to start 2011 with stress?!?! All I Want for Christmas is: floor-to-ceiling built-in bookshelves in my living room. that fits down a chimney, right? Favorite Holiday song: Tie! Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and Dominick the Donkey. I also love Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Alexis Swerdloff - Executive Editor of PAPER Magazine/PAPERMAG.com New Year's Resolution: To get my learner's permit. All I Want for Christmas is: a big plant (maybe a small tree?) for my living room, a Barbour jacket... and driving lessons. Favorite Holiday Song: All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey. Peggy Wang - Keyboardist/Vocalist of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart New Year's Resolution: Read all the New Yorkers that have piled up on the kitchen counter. All I Want for Christmas is: an alpaca. Favorite Holiday Song: Anorak Christmas by Nixon. Seth Weisser - President and co-founder of WGACA New Year's Resolution: Will continue to fight the forces of nature and progress with our fashion vision. All I Want(ed) for Christmas Hanukkah is was: The WGACA Bellesguard Jacket. Favorite Holiday Song: Adam Sandler's The Hanukkah Song. As for me? Less talk more action in 2011, All I Want for Christmas is a Patti Smith ticket, and my fave holiday tune is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPG3zSgm_Qo HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! xo Alex
Not to brag or anything, but here at WGACA, we have some pretty awesome friends. And we also have an extreme case of (maybe spiked Egg Nog-induced) holiday spirit. The solution? An all-things-holiday chit-chat with some massively cool editors, DJs, musicians, oh my! From Kelly Cutrone to DJ Mia Moretti, check out who made our list (and sure, check it twice!) to learn who (and how many) will claim to be hitting the yoga mats hardcore in 2011, and for everyone's fa-la-la-la-la-bulous favorite holiday tunes. Britt Aboutaleb - Elle.com editor New Year's Resolution: To learn how to cook. All I Want for Christmas is: a vintage Schwinn. And lots of cashmere sweaters. Favorite Holiday Song: Baby It’s Cold Outside — at the moment the Glee version, but always the Dean Martin version. Paul Francis Avarali - Fashion Market Editor of DETAILS Magazine New Year's Resolution: Hydrate more. All I Want for Christmas is: I'm a sucker for a good notebook and pen. Favorite Holiday Song: the new classics from N'Sync, Britney and Mariah. (Duh) Zandile Blay - Fashion Editor of Essence.com, writer of theblayreport.com New Year's Resolution: Get the longest weave. Ever. In 2011. All I Want for Christmas is: The Chanel 2.5 Quilted Bag. Jumbo. Gray. And world peace of course. Favorite Holiday Song: Any holiday song by Mariah Carey. Mariah singing about Baby Jesus is nothing short of divine. Yale Breslin - Fashion Writer New Year's Resolution: To have more patience. Never going to happen actually. Why do I kid myself year after year after year? All I Want for Christmas is: "YMB" monogrammed EVERYTHING. Oh, I celebrate Hanukkah. Please revise question. And endless bowls of Veselka soup. Favorite Holiday Song: No Scrubs by TLC. Bebe Buell - Musician, '70s rock royalty, mother to Liv Tyler New Year's Resolution: To keep working hard and staying spiritually elevated. All I Want for Christmas is: My family all around the tree together. Favorite Holiday Song: White Christmas. Kelly Cutrone - CEO of People's Revolution, Author, Reality TV Star New Year's Resolution: Cardio. All I Want for Christmas is: Equality and Abundance for all of humanity. Favorite Holiday Song: Baby It's Cold Outside by Dean Martin. Peter Davis - Editor at Large of PAPER Magazine New Year's Resolution: To spend less money at Dylan's Candy Bar. I swear I pay that girl's rent. Must substitute gummy bears for grapefruit as breakfast food. All I Want for Christmas is: Banksy to come spray paint my walls while I sleep. Favorite Holiday Song: The Waitresses Christmas Wrapping - vintage new wave + Xmas = Fun. Becka Diamond - DJ, Downtown Darling New Year's Resolution: To be as creative as possible everyday and travel! All I Want for Christmas is: to take a day off! And maybe something from Agent Provocateur. Favorite Holiday Song: Anything by Nat King Cole. Piera Gelardi - Creative Director of Refinery 29 New Year's Resolution: When I found last year's resolution list a month ago I cried! So this year, my friend suggested I approach it more like a 'bucket list.' So with that in mind, my resolutions are to go to Japan, dance whenever possible, eat good food, spend lots of time with friends and family, and remember that life is short and love is long. All I Want for Christmas is: Good times... and a Panasonix Lumix DMC-GF1 camera to capture them on. Favorite Holiday Song: Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. (My not-so-secret guilty pleasure!) Jackie Karas - WGACA PR Girl New Year's Resolution: To stay a BrideChilla and not become a 'Zilla as my big day approaches. All I Want(ed) for Christmas Hanukkah is was: To adopt a dog! Alas, my fiance would not allow another puppy - so hopefully someone reading this will be inspired and offer a loving home. Favorite Holiday Song: Jingle Bell Rock, Home Alone style, always in style. Greg Krelenstein - DJ (The Misshapes), Editorial Director of Starworks New Year's Resolution: I don't ever make resolutions. I don't like to hold myself to any grand statements I likely won't keep. All I Want for Christmas is: to hear new music from Gaga and Britney NOW! Favorite Holiday Song: All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah...obviously! Blue Logan - Artist New Year's Resolution: I must stop repeatedly opening the fridge and staring at the shelves when I know they are bare save a pot of jam and maybe actually cook for once.... Who am I kidding! All I Want for Christmas is: a happy family. Favorite Holiday Song: I just found one called Back Door Santa. Lol. It's by Clarence Carter and it's actually brilliant. My new fav! Gerard Maione - WGACA Creative Director and Co-Founder New Year's Resolution: To begin an exercise routine that will actually work for my hectic lifestyle. All I Want for Christmas is: Gifts cards to get what I want! Like buying vinyl records, going to the movies and just shopping around. Favorite Holiday Song: Frank Sinatra's I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm. Taryn Manning - Actress, Musician New Year's Resolution: Organizing my clothes, shoes, everything! And donating everything I don't need! More Yoga, less pizza. All I Want for Christmas is: a cadillac. Favorite Holiday Song: A song I did with Butch Walker called Christmas All Over Again. Mia Moretti - International DJ New Year's Resolution: Get a new weave. All I Want for Christmas is: for all my friends and loved ones to be happy. Favorite Holiday Song: Sea Sex Sun - Serge Gainsburg. Prince Peter - Designer, DJ New Year's Resolution: Heal the world. Make it a better place. All I Want for Christmas is: a new name. PRINCEPETERCOLLECTION is over as I sue my yuppie biz partner for theft of my name and money. Until next year kids, the Prince shall return. Lol. Favorite Holiday Song: David Bowie and Bing Crosby's Little Drummer Boy. Hannah Rad - Music Blogger, SheenaBeaston.com New Year's Resolution: Work on my aggressive impatience. Also, buy more black combat boots. All I Want for Christmas is: people to learn proper phone and text etiquette, safety pins, a cute laptop bag and a puppy. Favorite Holiday Song: I loathe every Xmas song ever made. All of them. But if I must, Don Ho's Mele Kalikimaka. Ho ho Hawaii! Steven Rojas - Social Media Guru of GRANDLIFE, DJ New Year's Resolution: to read more, run more, snowboard more, rock climb more, learn how to ice climb and cross country ski. All I Want for Christmas is: For people to give back. In 2008, my mother was diagnosed with a systematic chronic autoimmune disease called Scleroderma. This rare disease has no cure which is why I plan on devoting my time to helping my mother and those who have been unfortunate enough to get this. With the proper funding and care we may be able to advance treatment and possibly one day wipe this horrible life ending disease from ever hurting someone else. Favorite Holiday Song: GrandLife DJ Ted Gushue's 2010 Christmas Holiday Mix. Elizabeth Spiridakis - Fashion Blogger, feelslikewhitelightning.com New Year's Resolution: I don't have one; is that awful? I never keep them or remember them and who needs to start 2011 with stress?!?! All I Want for Christmas is: floor-to-ceiling built-in bookshelves in my living room. that fits down a chimney, right? Favorite Holiday song: Tie! Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and Dominick the Donkey. I also love Christmas (Baby Please Come Home). Alexis Swerdloff - Executive Editor of PAPER Magazine/PAPERMAG.com New Year's Resolution: To get my learner's permit. All I Want for Christmas is: a big plant (maybe a small tree?) for my living room, a Barbour jacket... and driving lessons. Favorite Holiday Song: All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey. Peggy Wang - Keyboardist/Vocalist of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart New Year's Resolution: Read all the New Yorkers that have piled up on the kitchen counter. All I Want for Christmas is: an alpaca. Favorite Holiday Song: Anorak Christmas by Nixon. Seth Weisser - President and co-founder of WGACA New Year's Resolution: Will continue to fight the forces of nature and progress with our fashion vision. All I Want(ed) for Christmas Hanukkah is was: The WGACA Bellesguard Jacket. Favorite Holiday Song: Adam Sandler's The Hanukkah Song. As for me? Less talk more action in 2011, All I Want for Christmas is a Patti Smith ticket, and my fave holiday tune is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPG3zSgm_Qo HAPPY HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL! xo Alex